This paper outlines in detail the methodology and statistical processes used for compiling the outputs of the OECD System of Unit Labour Cost and Related Indicators. This new System has been developed by the OECD in response to concerns from the international community of economic analysts on...

Effective business cycle analysis, and indeed the monitoring of a country’s economic performance from a policy perspective, requires access to timely high quality short-term economic statistics (STES). Consequently in recent years there has been a lot of pressure on national statistics...

The first releases of official statistics are often revised in subsequent releases, sometimes substantially. Such revisions can impact on policy decisions, as revisions to first published data may alter the previous assessment of the state of the economy. This may occur through a changed...

Effective business cycle analysis, and indeed the monitoring of a country’s economic performance from a policy perspective, requires access to timely high quality short-term economic statistics (STES). Consequently in recent years there has been a lot of pressure on national statistics...

The central message of this paper was captured by Kipling when he wrote of the Dane's conquest of his country more than a thousand years ago. He added to the passage at the head of the paper: qu]And that is called paying the Dane-geld; But we've proved it again and again, That if once you have...

Not all modern regulation is explained by existing regulatory theories. A central purpose of this paper has been to demonstrate how and to what extent regulation of the private sector benefits advocates of growth in the public sector. A basic conclusion of the analysis has been that...